Brainwave

You had the thought.
You did the work.
You got to say it.

1. Some ideas show up fully formed. This one didn’t. It started as a wobbly half-moon in the corner of a notebook, during a call you weren’t really listening to.

2. A bag. Crescent-shaped, with a strap that sat just right. You drew it again on the metro. Then again at 1 a.m., with the good blue pen.

3. The curve kept looking wrong. Too round, then too flat. You almost let it go. Then you turned the page sideways and saw it. Obviously.

4. Weeks later, a friend is flipping through the sketchbook and stops. “Wait. Whose idea was this?” Your cobalt nail taps the page, right on the curve.

5. You don’t explain the bad drafts or the 1 a.m. pen. You just smile. You had the thought. You did the work. Haan, mera idea hai.